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Table (cartibulum)
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Table (cartibulum)

before A.D. 62
FindspotVilla of the Contrada Bottaro, near Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble, from Mt. Pentelikon near Athens
DimensionsOverall: 70.2 × 118.4 × 64.8 cm (27 5/8 × 46 5/8 × 25 1/2 in.)
Block (marble top): 4.4 x 62.2 x 118.4 cm (1 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 46 5/8 in.)
Block (Two stone Griffens stands): 64.1 x 13.3 x 66.4 cm (25 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 26 1/8 in.)
Mount (rolling painted wooden base): 26.7 x 91.1 x 134.6 cm (10 1/2 x 35 7/8 x 53 in.)
Credit LineClassical Department Exchange Fund
Accession number1980.201
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFound June 16, 1902 during excavation by Gennaro Matrone of the villa of the Contrada Bottaro, located a half mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted to Gennaro Matrone by the Italian government; by 1916: the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection (inv. no. 16.892); purchased by MFA from the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 18, 1980
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